Games and activities everyone can enjoy together. A collection of fun play ideas.
Looking for fun activities everyone can enjoy together? Many people share that dilemma, don’t they? In fact, there are plenty of recreational and party games you can enjoy indoors.
Classics like Fruit Basket, Hula Hoop Down where everyone synchronizes their moves, and majority-rule games that get the whole group excited.
With a bit of creativity, your usual games can become even more fun.
In this article, we’ll introduce indoor recreation and party game ideas that kids and adults can enjoy.
Try them at get-togethers with friends or at your next party!
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Indoor recreation & party games (11–20)
Pedometer Dance
This is a game that uses pedometers.
First, each participant should attach a pedometer to their body.
When the start signal is given, dance as energetically as you can so the pedometer counts your steps.
It won’t count well if you only move a little, so go all out! The person with the highest count wins.
It’s a game that kids and adults alike can enjoy.
Introduce-Each-Other Game
Instead of introducing yourself, this is a game where you introduce someone else.
If your partner is someone you know well, you can speak from your existing relationship.
But if they’re someone you don’t know very well, ask a few helpful questions in advance to prepare for introducing them.
Build your introduction from those answers and present the person.
Self-introductions tend to be subjective, but when someone else introduces you, it brings an objective perspective—so you might discover a side of yourself you didn’t know!
No equipment needed! Air catch ball
“Air Catch,” a make-believe game of tossing an imaginary ball without any props, is a very simple team-building activity.
Participants form a circle.
Someone calls another person’s name while miming a throw of the “air ball,” and the next person pretends to catch it and continues in the same way.
The rules are: make eye contact and call the person’s name before you throw.
Once everyone gets used to it, you can increase the difficulty by tossing multiple balls at once or speeding things up.
It builds communication skills and concentration and gets people laughing, making it great for training icebreakers and strengthening team cohesion.
It takes about 5–15 minutes, so give it a try!
Team Battle Tic-Tac-Toe
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Here’s an introduction to a game where you line up circles and crosses.
Try playing by splitting into two teams.
There are nine empty squares, and one person from each team takes turns placing a circle or a cross card in a square.
The team that lines up three in a row—diagonally, vertically, or horizontally—wins.
Be clever so the other team can’t complete a line of three.
The real thrill of this game is the battle of wits as you attack and defend.
It’s a simple game, but the joy of completing three in a row is something special.
I love you game
The “I love you game” is a game where players say “I love you” to each other, and the first one to get embarrassed loses.
It became hugely popular on the internet.
More recently, an evolved version called the “Outrageous I love you game” has appeared.
In this version, after saying “I love you,” you also specify how you want the other person to say it.
For example, if someone says, “Say ‘I love you’ in a suave way,” the next person must say “I love you” in a suave manner.
As before, if you get embarrassed or can’t respond to the outrageous prompt, you lose.
It’s a simple, peaceful game you can play just by talking.
Who did what, when, and where game
How about actually trying the “When-Where-Who-What-Did game” you sometimes see on TV shows? In this game, you draw lots to decide the 5W1H elements and then act them out exactly as drawn.
If you include some absurd or chaotic options when making the slips, it gets really exciting—so give it a try!
Indoor recreation and party games (21–30)
Presence Slash
When you have a big group of friends, here’s a party game to try.
It’s called “Kehaigiri” (Sense-Cut).
All you need are blindfolds and foam swords; if you don’t have those, you can bundle up some newspapers as a substitute.
Two players face off one-on-one while blindfolded and try to read each other’s presence to attack.
Attacks are limited to a single downward strike to the head (men).
Body shots are not allowed under the rules and don’t count even if they land.
The first player to score one clean head strike wins.
If you have many participants, run a tournament to decide the champion!
